Director Matt Reeves, whose soon to be released film War For The Planet of the Apes is getting some early very good word, has been tasked with directing the upcoming Batman (or, as it is currently titled, The Batman) film featuring Ben Affleck.
And because fans are intensely curious to hear what Mr. Reeves has to say regarding the project, here’s an article by Chris Begley for batman-news.com (I truly didn’t know there was a website devoted to just this!):
The Batman will be a “noir-driven detective version of Batman,” says director Matt Reeves
Now, the headline pretty much gives away the meat of this relatively small article as the film hasn’t begun, well, filming yet and Mr. Reeves is obviously more interested in promoting his War For The Planet of the Apes feature.
Therefore, I wouldn’t blame you a bit for not hitting the link above. The full quote by Mr. Reeves, by the way, is this:
“There’s a chance to do an almost noir driven, detective version of Batman that is point-of-view driven in a very very powerful way, that will hopefully connect you to what’s going on inside of his head,” Reeves said.
I’m intrigued, I suppose, though by this point whatever nostalgic joy I could have regarding seeing Batman on screen has been diminished by the various movies featuring him released to date.
In some ways, its like my feelings for the upcoming Spider-Man film. There was a time when the idea of seeing Spidey on the big screen was a dream come true, but in the interval we’ve seen so many versions of the character come to the screen, some better than others, that I’m just not all that thrilled with seeing more Spidey.
With Batman, I must admit, I haven’t quite reached that level. This is most likely due to the fact that he’s easily my favorite superhero and therefore it’ll take a lot more for my thirst to see him on screen is sated.
Having said that, while what Mr. Reeves said above sounds intriguing, I’m perfectly happy to wait and see what eventually shows up on at the local theaters.
Hope for the best and all!